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JoelOkie

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  1. Well Ed, I am sure you are much smarter than people that do it day in and day out for a living. I tell you what, this is a good forum, but the few a$$holes that think they know everything, and have to show it to everyone tends to make me think it's really not worth messing with, so I am going to leave this all to guys like you and rusty tool, and use my time for more worthwhile endeavours. have fun. Joel
  2. Fred that head looks like it will clean up nice. Maybe we will just start handing it off to anyone going north, and relay it to you. Do you know who is the closest forum member to you on this side? We might be able to get it close enough for you to pick it up without having to go too far. If you or anyone else can use anything else off that engine I will be glad to take it off. This block is cracked so I will be scrapping it, unless someone wants it. I have another 251 coming in the next few weeks, and it is supposed to be in "running" condition, and I will post pictures when I get it. Joel
  3. Good job Fred. A guy gave me a 251 Spitfire today that has a cracked block. It is supposed to have came out of a running DeSoto some years ago, (but the numbers C48-109341 seems to indicate a 1950 Royal or Windsor, so it was possibly swapped at some time) and everything is on the engine, and although it is nothing I personally need I thought someone might need some of the parts. The crack in the block looks like it could be welded pretty easy, but as I don't need the engine I don't care to pursue if, or how much trouble it would take to fix it. The head and manifolds look good. The crankshaft turns with indication of compression. Too late to get a picture tonight, but if you or anyone need anything off this engine they can let me know. Joel
  4. Great truck, great pictures. Joel
  5. Any chance to have it shipped by rail Joe? Joel
  6. Nice pictures, and a very nice Ford you have there Robert. I have always liked that color. I didn't get it exact, but as close as I could. Joel
  7. Local farm implement dealer used to say he'd stand behind everything he sold except the manure spreaders. Joel
  8. Looks like a dinosaur car. It's alive:eek:
  9. I'd like to have the brake setup from the backing plates out off that 59 Plymouth, but it's too far to go to get it from here.
  10. Need 15 minutes and 5' of rubber hose to teach a lesson to whoever did this.
  11. I've had several big things (like some heavy old doors for a 36 Plymouth) shipped greydog this past year, and it's dang sure cheap, and they arrived just as quick (within a week of having been shipped), as some of the stuff that comes UPS off E-bay merchants that claim they have designated shipping days, and your stuff just happened to have been bought just too late to have it shipped right out, ect.. A lot, no matter how it's shipped, depends on how quick the shipper gets off his a$$ and gets the stuff to the terminal. Where it has to be picked up any place like at the Tulsa bus terminal, located downtown, a guy probably would want to be sure and do it in the daylight, judging from some of the spoonbills I saw that routinely hang around there panhandling, and worse, and that's all I have to say about that....... Joel
  12. Being you don't HAVE to have it fixed to be able to get back and forth to work next week, and have the inclination, go ahead and dabble with it. I have freed tractors before and was able to reuse some, (if not most) of the parts back for "running it' purposes. You will automatically know in your heart of hearts when the time is right to grab that hammer and pound, pound, pound...that low down, no good, sorry son of a suck egg mule right on through and into the dirt.......and then, all will be right with the world, once more. Joel
  13. Welcome to the forum David. Can't wait to see your truck. I have some PT50 parts, if you are lacking anything let me know. and I will check to see if I have it. Joel
  14. In my 49 Dodge truck I pull the choke out while pushing the accelerator down to set the carb, then crank it, and it starts right up, usually second or third crank. I started it several times last winter when it was down around 0 degrees, just to see if it would, and even after sitting several weeks without being started it worked just fine. When the truck is warm I give it one pump and it starts right up. Joel
  15. My headlights are strong and bright also, but I am running blue dot tailights on the Dodge pickup, and they are not very bright, (although the over tag light is fairly easy to see). I am thinking about putting a couple of small lights with lighter red lens that would show up brighter just under the back of the truck, wired to just the tailights, for a little added protection at night. I have the same lights on the back of the 46 Ford pickup, but it is on 12 volts, and those lights are much easier to see. Joel
  16. Thanks Greg Tim, close! 325 poly 3 speed auto 3.36 rear Thanks Fred. More of the VanSickle enamel paint has hit the metal Thanks Robert. Blue is my favorite also, and I didn't like the red either. That is the 36. It has a Mustang front end now, a 3.67 Chevy rear end, and I got the floor pan replaced, and then other things have kept me busy, but I have a nice rebuilt 327 with a 4 speed Muncie ready to go in, hopefully soon.
  17. This is the car I got last month from my son. Since then I have gone through the brakes, new points, plugs, wires, ect., hoses and belts, and a new carb. Engine is running well, no smoke, or major issues I can tell. New shocks all around. After getting it running I found that both the power steering and power brakes work great, and the transmission shifts and pulls good, and nothing leaks on the car, so, so far, so good. The body had a few more issues than first thought, as they always tend to do, once you get started, but the only metal repair was a couple of small rusted areas in the rockers, and I patched them with some trunk metal from a 1979 Impala that had a close curve line. I removed all the stainless and brightwork and straightened and buffed it all. There were a couple of pieces that are damaged pretty much beyond straightening completely back out, so I polished them and put them back on for now, but will be looking for them as I go along. The chrome is fairly good, though somewhat "tired", especially the backs and undersides of the bumpers, but "driver" quality. I straightened and buffed and re-painted the hubcaps, which came out nearly flawless. Got a fairly decent paint job on it, (added a bit more color to the scheme), and recovered the door panels and package tray. I have to get some exaust work done, and I am going to shampoo the carpet and clean the leather on the seats, and get on to a road test soon. As I stated when I first posted about this car, it's not a car I would probably have thought about buying and fixing up, but after working with it a while I am liking it a lot. I didn't have quite all the trim shined and re-installed, but had a sunny day and got a few pictures anyway. Joel
  18. http://www.boltdepot.com/fastener-information/Shoulder-Bolts/Shoulder-Bolt-Dimensions.aspx
  19. (After backing the adjusters off) try putting an old wheel on and hit it from the back with a sledge, turning every once and again. Joel
  20. Small houses, but they didn't have much stuff back then to clutter up the place. Your uncle looks a lot like an oilfield roughneck that came too close to stomping my a$$ at Enid, Oklahoma one time.
  21. And if you wanted your ice crushed, or shaved, you could use one of these......this one was my Grandad's. We used to get block ice which my dad and uncle would bring home wrapped in burlap bags in the back of the pickup after work and shave it to make ice to churn ice cream. Us kids grabbed the ice by the handfulls and ate it while the cream was making. I remember a time or two we ran out of salt, and our neighbor, (unbeknownst to him of course) sacrificed a salt lick or two. We made it in the yard in front of my grandad's two room house, which still stands just outside my kitchen door. Joel
  22. I have not got to do anything with my 36 Plymouth at all since I saw you as I got big sad eyed into remodeling my daughter's house right after that, and she was relentless about getting everything she could done while she had me hooked in to it. I finished the bed on my 49 Dodge pickup and got it on the road a couple of months ago, and this last month been working on a 1958 Dodge Coronet my son came up with recently, as it needed very little to get on the road.....I am hoping to get back to the Plymouth soon. Good luck, Rock. Joel
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